BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle

We are lucky enough to work alongside women like this every single day. The women of the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle are just one example of the extraordinary women across all of our programs who inspire us, challenge us, and embody the impact of investment in people’s potential. To all the woman in our orbit, from Theater Leaders to Cosmo Girls and mouseburgers alike, we see you and celebrate your journeys! Click the link in our bio to watch the full film. #GurleyGirls #HGBFoundation #EmpoweringWomen

Conceived in 2017, the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle is a visionary initiative created to bridge the career gaps for women in the American theater and it’s led by our very own Producing Artistic Director Carol Dunne! Learn more about this visionary initiative by the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation @thehgbfoundation by visiting the BOLD website at boldtheater.org and following its Instagram account @boldtheater

This past Monday, we had our 6th Annual Convening in NYC! Members came together to share in the successes and challenges of being women+ leaders in theatre, to lend support and share visions for the future. This superb day of community would not be possible without @helengurleybrownfoundation support of the BOLD Circle and helping to foster our connections to each other and the marvelous work we all do! 🥳💃 @alliancetheatre @goodmantheatre @jungletheater @mccartertheatre @northernstagevt @tet_houston @woollymammothtc @wptheater

We are so excited for SIXPACK by Katie Ka Vang @katie_ka_vang to premiere at @jungletheater this weekend!!! 🏐💃 A proud BOLD Ventures project and formerly titled FAST FORWARD MOTIONS, SIXPACK is directed by Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha and officially OPENS TOMORROW!! Pam and Jou used to be best friends. Promising star athletes on their volleyball team, they both had big dreams of moving away from Minnesota and playing in college. Jumping back and forth between their teenage years and adulthood, we see how the tensions of family, culture, and ambition shape these young women and their friendship. With a backdrop of the competitive world of Hmong volleyball, SIXPACK explores if a friendship can withstand the harms, betrayals, and messiness that happen when you feel your life pulling away from the future you envisioned. If you’re in the Twin Cities/Minneapolis area, make sure to grab a ticket to the show!!🎟

Happy Opening to the incredible company of BUST! The world premiere of this exciting new production was made possible in part by a @boldtheater grant, a @thehgbfoundation initiative supporting new works for the American theater. We thank both organizations for their commitment to the arts and for ensuring that Zora Howard’s innovative new work is experienced by enthusiastic audiences across Atlanta @alliancetheatre and Chicago.  ✨ #GoodmanTheatre #BUSTPlay #Theatre #Chicago

Meet Sarah Elizabeth Wansley, directing our world premiere production of THE VERMONT FARM PROJECT: A Farm-to-Stage Musical. Sarah also serves as Northern Stage’s BOLD Associate Artistic Director (now in her fourth season!). Hear what she has to say about this brand new, indie-folk musical and be sure to snag tickets to this heartwarming story developed by, for, and about our community. 📅 THE VERMONT FARM PROJECT runs from May 7 to 25 🎟️ Tickets: NorthernStage.org/vermont-farm-project ☎️ Box office: 802-296-7000 Thank you to @4cornersfarm for allowing us to film on their BEAUTIFUL property. #VermontFarmProject #Musical #IndieFolk #Theatre #NorthernStage #UpperValley #Vermont

We would like to share that MARIA MANUELA GOYANES will conclude her award-winning tenure as Artistic Director after seven years of inspired leadership at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co., and will be taking helm at LCT3 @lctheater starting this upcoming 2025-26 season!! Goyanes has been named Artistic Director of LCT3 and will also take on the role of Producer. Under her remarkable stewardship of Woolly Mammoth, Goyanes has been a catalyst for change in American theater. She advocated for dynamic new theater artists, created a touring program for Woolly that expanded artistic reach, fostered civic provocation and hyper-local connections of the theater regionally, among the many other achievements, awards, and accolades. LCT3, a part of Lincoln Center Theater and located in the Claire Tow Theater, is a programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new playwrights, directors and designers. Through fully staged productions and affordable tickets, LCT3 is bringing a new generation of artists and audiences to LCT. "The Claire Tow Theater, perched atop Lincoln Center Theater, is a jewel box - a brave space for vulnerability and courage in close proximity,” said Maria Goyanes. “I remember when it opened, and it's hard to believe it's now just two years shy of its 15th anniversary! I am deeply humbled to build upon the foundation of magnificent new work at LCT3, stewarded by two brilliant minds - Evan Cabnet and, before him, Paige Evans. I know Lear thinks as expansively about theater as I do, and I'm thrilled to join such an illustrious team to help bring her remarkable vision to life while also creating my own for LCT3." We are so grateful to have worked with Maria Goyanes as a BOLD colleague and been inspired by her leadership, and we look forward to her impactful tenure at LCT3, continuing to propel change and innovation for the American Theater. Thank you to @thehgbfoundation for BOLD’s visionary pipeline for women+ leaders.

We are SO THRILLED to share that BOLD Associate Alison Ruth is making her directorial at @jungletheater with THE EFFECT 💊by Lucy Prebble, running NOW thru Mar.30!! You do NOT want to miss out if you’re in the Minneapolis area!!!🥳🎊💃🏻 When Connie and Tristan sign up for a clinical trial to test a new antidepressant, they fall for each other—hearts racing, knees buckling—hard. But are their feelings real or nothing more than a dopamine-fueled side effect? Sealed off from the outside world, their illicit romance throws the trial off course, posing unexpected dilemmas for the supervising doctors; and as the dosage and emotional stakes increase, THE EFFECT keeps audiences guessing, asking which is more powerful—the head or the heart? Alison Ruth is a director, dramaturg, and producer. She has been a proud member of the Jungle staff since 2019 and now serves as the Associate Director of Artistic Programming and Development, where she runs the Greenhouse Play Reading Series. She holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from University of Iowa and a BA in English from NYU. She has worked with The Grumble Theater, Playwrights’ Center, Shakespearean Youth Theatre, Delaware Shakespeare Festival, Wilma Theater, California Shakespeare Theater (RIP) and Des Moines Metro Opera. Love to Danny! ungle Theater is where community, creativity, and curiosity converge. They offer bold performances that speak to the heart and mind, inviting audiences to explore new perspectives and connect through engaging and relevant storytelling: jungletheater.org

The world premiere of #BUSTPlay is made possible in part by a BOLD Ventures grant, a Helen Gurley Brown Foundation (@thehgbfoundation ) initiative supporting new works for the American theater. Alliance Theatre is a proud member of the BOLD Theater Women's Leadership Circle.

BOLD artists are excited to explore and celebrate new works for the American theater even in the dead of winter in Vermont!! ❄️☃️😎 We are so thrilled to share this HUGE BOLD collaboration this week @northernstagevt , with 4 BOLD Associates working on 2 new work readings, one of which being a BOLD Ventures project!! This year’s New Works Now festival at Northern Stage is produced by BOLD associates @brandy__z and @mandeewithani 💪🏼🔥 Alliance’s Associate AD @mariecisco is directing this year’s Neukom Institute Playwriting Award winner INTIMATE SURVEILLANCE by Catherine Stewart @makecreatemore , a stirring story about what it means to be in a computerized world where technology has access to our intimate lives. 📱BOLD alum @mxgriddy is directing BOLD Ventures project WONDER! A WOMAN KEEPS A SECRET by @talenemonahon , a co-commissioned hilarious comedy on the high seas 🌊🖼️with @classicstage based on Susanna Centlivre’s 1714 play of the same name. Make sure to check these awesome new works out if you’re in the area!!!🤩🤩

CONGRATS to the Opening of KING JAMES by Rajiv Joseph at @northernstagevt this past weekend!!! 🏀🔥🎊 Directed by former BOLD Resident Director abigail jean-baptiste and line produced by BOLD Associate Brandy Zhang, KING JAMES tells the story of Caveliers superfans Matt and Shawn, who are brought together through their shared worship of “King” LeBron James. Over 12 years, from LeBron’s rookie season to an NBA Championship, the men navigate a turbulent friendship through their shared love of basketball, reminding us of the power of sports to connect, inspire, and unite us in good times and bad. KING JAMES is running in White River Junction, VT, NOW thru 2/16! Don’t miss out if you’re in northern New England! 🎟️❄️☃️

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are so thrilled to welcome another new colleague, MINA MORITA, is the new BOLD Resident Director & Creative Producer at @woollymammothtc ! 🎉👏 Mina Morita (she/her) is a celebrated new plays director just awarded the Woolly Mammoth BOLD Resident Director & Creative Producer position as part of the BOLD Theatre Women’s Leadership Circle. She has directed for: Australia’s National Theatre of Parramatta and La Boite Theatres, The Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Magic Theatre, Center REPertory Company, Campo Santo, Shotgun Players, Playwrights Foundation, Ferocious Lotus, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, and Crowded Fire Theatre Company with such creators as Susan Soon He Stanton, Qui Nguyen, Anna Deavere Smith, Sanaz Toossi, Dipika Guha, Christopher Chen, Dave Harris, Star Finch, Stefani Kuo, J.C. Lee, Lauren Gunderson, Isaac Gomez, Philip Kan Gotanda, Young Jean Lee, Idris Goodwin, Lloyd Suh, Adam Chanzit, Sean San Jose, Min Kahng, and Dustin Chinn. Mina is a recipient of the inaugural FrontOffice Mid-Career Director’s Award, Theatre Bay Area’s [TBA] Outstanding Direction of a Musical in 2014; nominated by TBA for Outstanding Direction of a Play in 2017, as well as Shellie Awards Best Director in 2018. She was recognized as a Beinecke Fellow with Yale University in 2022. Previously, she served as the Leader of Artistic Curation & Strategy as part of the Shared Leadership Team in 2023 and Artistic Director from 2015-2022 at Crowded Fire Theater Company. From 2011-2015, she was the Artistic Associate at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and its center for the creation and development of new work, The Ground Floor. She has also served as Board President and Treasurer of Shotgun Players; as a 2014 Lincoln Center Director’s Lab participant; as one of the founding members of Bay Area Children's Theatre; as panelist with the Zellerbach Family Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, Theatre Bay Area, and Hewlett Foundation; as a speaker for the Getty Leadership Summit; lead facilitator for the Lotus Playwriting Retreat with Playwriting Australia; and Guest Artist at Yale, UC Berkeley and more.